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- Title: Welcome Mister Parkinson: Four Years of Battling from the Frontline of the Disease How I Silenced the Monster
- Author : Cesare Corda
- Release Date : January 28, 2017
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 332 KB
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My hands began to shake.
The ever-increasing weakness made it difficult to climb even one single step. I was afraid of sitting down as I had difficulty standing up again. My face became less and less expressive. I would fall asleep suddenly. I swallowed my words and drool came out of the corners of my mouth. It was hard to go up and down the stairs because of my lack of coordination – sometimes I used the wrong foot and would fall. My muscles contracted from the tips of my toes to my cervical spine. I was becoming a disabled person and I was ashamed. I defended myself with lies. Then the medical examinations and the verdict: Parkinson’s disease. I was prescribed a pharmaceutical therapy.
I was dominated by a monster.
I decided to start fighting.
As a journalist, I knew I had a great opportunity to write a report of my battles from the frontline of the disease